Warm and cool colors: suns and moons.

1st grade has now begun to study the color wheel a little bit more in depth. We spoke about some of the things that are warm such as, fire and the sun. The students were then asked what colors they thought of when they imagined those warm things and they came up with orange, yellow and red which are also know as "warm colors" on the color wheel. We then spoke about some of the things that are cold such as ice, snow and water. When asked what colors they thought of when they thought of cold the students came up with blue, green and purple, also known as the "cool colors". After this discussion the students were given a guided drawing of half a sun and half of a moon. Around the outside of the their drawing they drew some things that reminded them of both warm and cool. They outlined their drawings with sharpie and colored with craypas on the sun side only with red, yellow and orange. On the moon side, they colored using only blue, green and purple. They then will paint their backgrounds using watercolors using only warm colors on the sun side and cool colors on the moon side. The result will be a beautiful mixed media project that explores the color wheel in a different aspect other than just primary and secondary colors. 

Learning Objectives: The color wheel, warm colors, cool colors.

ART WORDS:
Warm colors: colors on the color wheel that are consistent of reds, yellows and oranges.
Cool colors: colors on the color wheel that are consistent of blues, greens and purples. 

Cool Colors

Warm Colors